Building Resilience Through Sport in Young People With Adverse Childhood Experiences

Interventions focused on young people at risk of anti-social and criminal behaviour frequently involve physical exercise and/or participation in sporting activities as a primary vehicle to bring about behavioural change in both the short to medium term. Anecdotal evidence suggests that sporting activities positively influence individual well-being alongside a sense of purpose and belonging centred around sporting clubs and activities. Empirically, participation in sport has been identified as a key resilience factor for young people with numerous Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and investment and policy initiatives target investment in these opportunities. However, the psychological mechanisms which underpin these improvements in well-being and building of resilience are less clearly articulated. This article will review current and developing research in this field to synthesise future applications of sport-related interventions with young people, with a particular emphasis on furthering understanding of the pathways to capacity building at individual and community level which sport and exercise can generate

Authoritarianism and privacy:The moderating role of terrorism

The resurgence in interest in authoritarianism has been linked to a rise not only in the acceptance of right-wing ideologies, but specifically restrictions to civil liberties. Threats from posed by immigration and terrorism, for example, have made these been particularly noticeable in relation to surveillance and the right to privacy. We can observe simple correlations between these variables; however, the dynamics of threat are more complex to understand. The analysis reported here demonstrates how the relationship between authoritarianism and the curtailment of civil liberties is moderated by the threat of terrorism. Using 2005 British Social Attitudes survey data, collected either side of the 7/7 bombings, comparisons between the pre-/post- samples indicate that the threat of terrorism activates authoritarian tendencies and reduces the protection of rights to privacy from government. Interestingly and importantly, reactions to terrorism in the form of a change in opinion regarding civil liberties for those scoring higher in authoritarianism remained almost constant between the two periods. The results provide support for understanding how minority opinions (removal of rights to privacy) can become majority views during times of threat.publishersversionPeer reviewe

The influence of computer generated animations on juror decision making

Gareth Norris considers the use of multimedia applications and how animations and computer generated exhibits have recently been the subject of debate over their potential to unduly influence legal decisions. Index words: animations and computer generated exhibits; juror research; juror decision making; juror bias; admissibility; evidenc